Trellis drape



May 29, 1956 G, K. FRY 2,747,252

TRELLI'S DRAPE Filed March 5, 1953 Fig 3 INVENTOR. BEA/EVA K F/:IY

ATTORNEY United States Patent O TRELLIS DRAPE Geneva K. Fry, Reading,Pa.

Application March 3, 1953, Serial No. 340,055

1 Claim. (Cl. 28-78) My invention relates to a trellis drape, and moreparticularly to a drape Which can be made from thin strips of materialwoven into a grid-like pattern, and the design of which drape may beeasily changed by the omission of certain strips, or by adjustablemovement of certain strips, so as to permit a wide variety of designs.

An outstanding disadvantage of conventional types of drapes is that theyare expensive in view of the considerable amount of material usuallyrequired. Moreover such drapes do not adapt themselves for change indesign, nor for change in dimension such as is oftentimes desirable whenmoving a drape from one window to another. Also, drapes usually cut offventilation during summer months making living rooms and the likeuncomfortably hot, and during winter months they unduly darken certainrooms having relatively small window areas.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel type of drape which isdevoid of the above named disadvantages and which can be made up verysimply from strips of material into a variety of designs; also whichwill not obstruct ventilation or the passage of a certain amount oflight, thus making a room more comfortable.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide a trellis drapewhich can be made up entirely of strips of material woven into agrid-like pattern, and whose design may be readily changed by merelyshifting some strips and omitting others.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from astudy of the following description taken with the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure l is a strip of material such as used for making a trellis drapeembodying the principles of the present invention and showing twodifferent means through which cross pieces may be woven for making upthe trellis drape.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal cross Sectional View taken throughone of the loops or ribbons 3 of Figure 1, and v Figure 3 is anelevational View of one half of a trellis drape showing one particulardesign in the form of a grid-like pattern.

Referring more particularly to Figure 1, numeral 1 denotes a portion ofa strip of material, preferably stiff cloth, or plastic or even thinwood. Strip 1 forms one of the vertical strips of the trellis drape.Slots 2 are formed longitudinally and centrally at spaced intervals,such as, for example, six inches apart (more or less) through whichslots, similar strips or cross pieces having a width corresponding tothe length of the slots may be woven for forming a trellis drape. Ifdesired, however, cords or ribbons 3 tied to loop form may be sewn orextended through the longtudinal central line of the ribbon and spacedapart in the same manner as slots 2 and which could serve the samepurpose, namely to support cross pieces or strips which may be woventhrough either the front portion or the rear portion of the loop. Ofcourse, either a combination of slots 2 and loops 3 may be used, orperhaps only slots, or in 2,747,252 Patented May 29, 1956 some casesonly loops 3 may be used in the vertical strips forming the trellisdrape as shown more clearly in Figure 3.

Figure 3 shows one of a wide variety of designs of trellis drapes whichcan be woven from parallel strips disposed at right angles to eachother. All the vertical strips, namely lv, 2v, 3v, etc., are shown withslots such as 2 formed at evenly spaced vertical intervals, say about 6inches apart. The various horizontal rows of strips are denoted by 1h,2k, 3k, etc., and these may be made of plain strips having no slots orloops and Which are merely woven through the slots 2 of the verticalstrips.

lt will be apparent that after the horizontal strips are woven throughthe slots in the vertical strips, if it should then be desired to movethe vertical strip at more closely spaced intervals, this can be done bylaterally shifting the vertical strips as desired until the preferredspacing is obtained.

In order to alter the drape design, certain horizontal rows may beomitted, for example, row 411 and row 6k as shown. Likewise, otherhorizontal rows may be omitted, and even or uneven horizontal spacingsmay be provided for the various Vertical rows to provide whatever designone wishes. lt should be understood that a duplicate pattern but thereverse of that shown in Figure 3 will also be used to form the otherside of the drape in the case of a wide windor or door.

Of course, since the drape has a wide open weave, ventilation is assuredin a room, during summer time, also the passage of light is notobstructed, thereby providing more comfort in a room. Also, the stripsmay be easily and quickly taken apart, washed and reassembled,particularly plastic strips.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided an efficient trellis drapethat can be formed from strips of material very cheaply, and veryquickly, and which is adaptable to be made into various designs by themere lateral shifting of vertical strips, or by the omission of certainhorizontal strips, or both; furthermore, I have provided a trellis drapein which the vertical strips are provided with slots or loops throughwhich cross strips may be woven to form the trellis drape; furthermore,I have provided a trellis drape which is not only easily assembled andtaken apart but which can be quickly washed, also which will notobstruct ventilation during summer time or the passage of light in roomswhich have a tendency to be dark.

While I have illustrated and described a certain, specific embodiment ofmy invention, it will be understood that this is by way of illustrationonly, and that various changes and modifications may be made within thecontemplationof my invention and within the scope of the followingclaim.

I claim:

A trellis drape comprising a series of spaced, parallel strips of flat,thin material disposed in substantially the same plane, a second seriesof spaced, parallel strips of flat, thin material disposed at rightangles to said iirst series and in substantially said plane, a pluralityof small flexible loops fastened to one of said series of strips at thepoints of intersection with the other series and through which said lastmentioned series extends so as to be supported thereby.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,031,981 Runge Feb. 25, 1936 2,402,709 Swasey June 25, 1946 FOREIGNPATENTS 379,097 Great Britain Aug. 25, 1932

